Clifford Reid is running as an independent candidate in Kildare South. Reid received 2 per cent of first-preference votes in the 2004 European election following a controversial campaign in which his poster urged voters to "Stop The Paedophiles". A former prison officer, Reid has also recently worked as a parliamentary assistant to Fianna Fáil senator John Ellis. This is his first general election campaign.

Policies

• No closure of beds, wards or hospitals
• Separation of bank and sovereign debt
• Local councils to take over ghost estates and employ out of work tradesmen to complete them

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